BlogHer ’09 speakers are a group of savvy women, and many are experts in more than just one domain. Take two of our speakers, for example, Jaden Hair and Michelle Lentz. Jaden, a foodblogger, has carved a career out of managing her blog’s relationship with different brands, which is why we’re thrilled she’s speaking on the Brands and Bloggers panel at BlogHer ’09. And Michelle, a social media consultant and instructional designer, has made a name for herself as a wine blogger in online food circles – one of the reasons BlogHer asked her to speak on our FoodBlogging panel. Recently different news outlets have highlighted both Jaden and Michelle – read on to find out more!

Jaden Hair, food writer and author of SteamyKitchen.com, was quoted in a specialty food article in The Washington Post. The newspaper published both an original photo and recipe of Jaden’s for Chinese Hot and Sour Soup. Jaden is also regularly featured on CBS10 and ABC7, two news stations in Florida. What’s more, Jaden has a cookbook coming out in October 2009: “The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook: 101 Asian Recipes Simple Enough for Tonight's Dinner” (Tuttle Publishing).

Michelle Lentz, also known as Wine Girl, is well versed in social media and instructional design, and has been competing for a dream job with Murphy-Goode Winery. The contest awards a six-month, $60,000 contract to live on-site in the Sonoma Valley and spearhead social media for the company, something Michelle is uniquely skilled to do. (Sidenote: voting ends Friday, June 19th – so if you’d like to help a BlogHer ’09 speaker, you can do it here!)

We’re excited for both women, and are proud to feature each of them as BlogHer ’09 speakers!